On 09/19/2015 12:24 PM, Xen wrote:
On Sat, 19 Sep 2015, John Andersen wrote:
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On 09/19/2015 05:00 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Hiding the SSID is not a serious security measure, but it hinders many intruders, those not determined enough. If used with other measures, it helps a bit.
Same goes for MAC filters.
Exactly. Hiding those things keeps out 5 nines (99.999%) of the wifi freeloaders.
The rest you aren't going to keep out anyway, but unless you live near a serious hacker you simply don't need to worry about them.
Yeah. And I do know how to hack a WPA2 signal (the tutorials are there) but I do not know how to find an unadvertized SSID. So there you have it. Maybe if you can hook onto a key exchange / connection setup, you can find out. But I don't yet know if it is possible. So there you have it. You are protected against me :p.
Yes, I am protected against you. You see, WIFI is by design a short range system. So, me, sitting in Washington State, need only worry about the immediate vacinity of 300 meters or so, and I don't need to worry about some wifi interloper located in Amsterdam or some such place. -- After all is said and done, more is said than done. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org